Articles filed under Horse Racing
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Where did the Arlington Park regulars go? Many ended up at a Prospect Heights OTBMay 05, 2023 5:30 am - Casual horse racing fans watching Saturday's Kentucky Derby might download a phone app to bet on the nation's marquee race while they watch the nationally televised broa...
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Jim O'Donnell: Rivelli now a new kid on the Louisville block with an old Kentucky Derby dreamMay 03, 2023 1:00 am - THE SUN WAS SHINING BRIGHT on Larry Rivelli's brief Kentucky home Wednesday. That home is Barn 1, Stall 1, on the Churchill Downs backstretch. Saturday, the North Barri...
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Arroyo, former jockey and steward, joins Illinois Racing BoardApr 24, 2023 1:00 am - Longtime Illinois horse racing official Eddie Arroyo is the newest member of the Illinois Racing Board. Arroyo, of Wheaton, attended his first meeting last Thursday foll...
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With Two Phil's, North Barrington trainer Rivelli takes aim at his first Kentucky DerbyApr 23, 2023 5:00 am - LARRY RIVELLI SAYS HE STILL gets misty-eyed when he drives past Arlington Park. He has every right to. The 51-year-old North Barrington resident won nine training titles...
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Former Arlington Park marketing chief appointed to racing boardFeb 24, 2023 12:00 am - Arlington Park's former marketing director has been appointed to the Illinois Racing Board. Alyssa Ali Murphy, currently director of marketing for @properties, was chose...
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Jim O'Donnell: Online series about Arlington Park auctions is Kleenex reading for someFeb 05, 2023 4:30 am - AS A GENERAL RULE, autopsy reports are not recommended reading for the "Headspace"/meditation crowd. And some might say that Patti Davis did not produce merely a summary...
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Jim O'Donnell: Churchill Inc. moving Arlington Million from Kentucky to Virginia - but why?Dec 25, 2022 12:00 am - BEFORE THE MAIN BUILDING at Arlington Park is taken down, Bunker Bill Carstanjen and cohorts at Churchill Downs Inc. may want to sift through all of the cinders on the m...
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Jim O'Donnell: 20 years later, Arlington's 'Fix Six" Breeders' Cup scandal still resonatesNov 13, 2022 5:30 am - THEY HELD THE 2022 BREEDERS' CUP last weekend at churchly Keeneland in the once-bucolic countryside of Lexington, Kentucky. On NBC, the crescendoing races of the floral-...
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Waubonsee professor appointed to state racing boardNov 01, 2022 1:00 am - A Waubonsee Community College professor and one-time Arlington Park employee has been appointed to the Illinois Racing Board. Patricia Saccone, who worked as a security ...
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While Bears evaluate Arlington Park, Hawthorne readies for casino constructionSep 23, 2022 1:00 am - Sunday marks the anniversary of the final day of horse racing at Arlington Park, which is now being liquidated as the Chicago Bears continue their due diligence on a pen...